Calendar of Events

Calendar
of
Events

“What’s Under Things?”
PIDC Gallery for Changing Exhibitions
May 29 to December 31, 2011

Pilgrim Hall Museum’s major temporary exhibition for 2011, “What’s Under Things?,” displays rarely seen clothing and fashion pieces from the permanent collection. The exhibit centers on the basic components, or underwear, of colonial dress. Featured items include two rare surviving corsets, one from the 17^th century with a traditional ownership attributed to Mayflower passenger Mary Chilton Winslow and the other an 18^th century working class corset. Other major pieces include the “Brewster stocking,” a lace stomacher, a sleeve, wood and metal pattens, several shoes, and associated items. The exhibit explores and explains how these articles of clothing relate to styles and fashions in the Colonial period. The objects will be considered in context by the use of detailed illustrations from the 17^th and 18^th century paintings in the permanent collection, borrowed objects and reproductions.

Sponsored as part of Northeast Community Bank’s general donation to Pilgrim Hall Museum:

Celebrate Our Independence!
July 22
7:00-9:00 p.m., tickets $65

Join us for an elite tasting with master brewer Jen Glanville from Sam Adams! We will sample the Sam Adam’s flagship brews along with the Imperial Collection. Enjoy these stellar brews with a fine tasting menu from Piantedosi’s Butcher Shop. Beer enthusiasts beware this event will sell out quick so please reserve your seats now to taste some great beer and food, meet a master brewer and learn how these fabulous brews are made! Included in the ticket price is a bottle of Sam Adam’s Barrel Collection brew of your choosing.

Tickets are available only through Pioppi’s Package Store, 183 Court Street, Plymouth or call 508-746-1943

Program generously sponsored by:

Pilgrim Hall 187^th Birthday
September 1
9:30 – 4:30

Join the staff as they celebrate 187^th anniversary of the opening of Pilgrim Hall Museum. Enjoy birthday cake on the lawn, then come inside and see the Pilgrim possessions that really did come over on the Mayflower!
Free admission all day.

Generously sponsored by:
Newfield House

“Artifacts from the Myles Standish House”
October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
10:00 – 4:00
A Massachusetts Archaeology Month Program

Take the opportunity to get a close look at the artifacts from the 1856 excavation of the Myles Standish home site in Duxbury. James Hall undertook one of the earliest professionally organized archaeological excavations in the country at this mid-17^th century home site. As part of Archaeology Month, visit the Library on any Saturday in October to see the artifacts and talk with staff about the excavation.

Included with museum admission.

Program generously sponsored by:
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Author Lecture – Donna Curtin “Plymouth Postcards”
November 9
10:00 a.m.

Join author Donna Curtin for an illustrated talk on her extensive collection of Plymouth postcards, a selection of which were recently published in a volume by Arcadia Publishing.

Included with museum admission.

Program generously sponsored by:

Holiday House Tour
December 3 – 4

Pilgrim Hall Museum's sixth annual Holiday House Tour on December 3^rd and 4^th kicks off the season with some of Plymouth's most charming homes all dressed up for the holidays. The tour includes private residences in North Plymouth, the center of town, and south along the sea. Take a chance on decorated wreaths! Get in the holiday spirit while helping preserve the museum's superb collection of Pilgrim possessions and support its educational programs. Your ticket includes a light lunch at Plymouth Country Club.

Advance ticket sales at $40 each, after November 19 the price goes to $45 each.

Call 508-746-1620 x7 for a registration brochure, or stop by the museum.

Generously sponsored by-

Raphael & Raphael, LLP.

192^nd Forefathers Day Dinner
December 21

Forefathers Day, December 21^st, is the anniversary of the day the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth. The Pilgrim Society has been celebrating Forefathers Day since 1820, when our honored guest and speaker was Daniel Webster. This year we welcome Dr. David Gallo, Director of Special Projects at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Dr. Gallo is an internationally recognized oceanographer who worked with Dr. Robert Ballard on the exploration of the Titanic and was recently featured in the History Channel television series “Underwater Universe.”

The dinner will be held at the Radisson Hotel Plymouth Harbor on Wednesday, December 21. Seating is by prepaid advance registration only. The evening begins with a reception at 5:30 pm with a cash bar and complimentary succotash. Dinner will begin promptly at 6:30, followed by remarks by Dr. Gallo.

The cost of the dinner is $65 for members of the Pilgrim Society and $70 for members of the public who are not members of the Pilgrim Society. Seating will be assigned by table, on a first-come first-reserved basis. If you would like to attend, please call Pilgrim Society Executive Director Ann Berry at 508-746-1620 x2. Reservations MUST be received by December 10.

Generously sponsored by-

Radisson Hotel Plymouth Harbor
Lougee Insurance Agency, Inc. of Duxbury

Looking towards the Future!

In 2020, we will be celebrating the 400th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth
(and the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Pilgrim Society).
Planning has already begun - and not a moment too soon!
Do YOU have an idea of something that should be incorporated into the celebrations?
Send it along to director@pilgrimhall.org

On June 10, 2008, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick visited Pilgrim Hall Museum and signed an Executive Order creating a State Commission to plan the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrims in 2020.
Click HERE for pictures of that event.

Do you need to contact us directly? Use director@pilgrimhall.org

Make a difference! Donations to the Pilgrim Society, to support the operations of Pilgrim Hall Museum, can be made online through www.networkforgood.org or by filling out a Donation Form
and mailing it to Pilgrim Hall Museum.

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